Good clothes being robbed off the washing line!
Apart from looking like a tramp, he was also - ALLEGEDLY - the biggest supplier of dope in New Ross.
There was a version of those buses that had the wildest suspension, would rock and roll around every bend, one actually fell over at the top of Dame Street.
Is that the accident that started the rumour/joke - A bus crashed on Dame St last night. 120 people turned up at James’s emergency dept from it. The bus had a max capacity of 80…
That's the one, I think there were 1500 people on it in the end 😁
😂.
There was a vent at the back that would blast out hot carbon monoxide smelling fumes. Handy in the winter though for staying warm
The local video rental shops "adult" section which would be guaranteed to have some or all of the following.
Flesh Gordon.
Emmanuel.
One of those Electric Blue videos.
9 And A Half Weeks.
Betty Blue, placed there by clueless staff because of the title.
PTSD inducing for many who were schooled in the 80s and 90s.
Leaky rattling windows, graffitied foam busted seats, wet and slippy aisles.
Shure it was all part of the experience 😂
The creme de la creme was the special 'seat' beside the driver, ie- the engine cover.
Local video van that went around the estate used to keep the Scooby Doo videos in a suitcase in the front seat… don't want to upset the women and kids he used to say…
Ah yes, the good old bread bin model.
Good music as the mainstream and on every radio station, which meant good personalities and celebrities. Won't see bands the like of Blur and Oasis going head to head anytime soon
On the subject of Oasis… it being a big deal that Liam and Noel swapped places on Top of the Pops as they mimed to Roll With It.
Paedophiles allowed to roam freely while a blind eye being turned to their shenanigans.
Catholic priests calling to vulnerable old people promising a gateway to heaven in exchange for cash.
Legs and co entertaining the audience on TOTP when there was no video of the song.
The engine cover went on fire on our bus (exactly like that one...only dirtier) one morning, bus filled with smoke. The driver yanked the cover off, threw it outside in a pothole full of water, quenched the flames and drove on. Another morning the exhaust pipe fell off onto the road.
🤣 did anyone sit on that coveted 'seat'? On my bus, that was the prized seat because you could gey a sneaky glimpse down the back of the bus at the boys you fancied.
Eurotrash with Jean Paul Gaultier and someone else. Mid 90’s I think
And Pan's People before that.
MT USA on with radio tuned in so you'd get it in stereo.
anton something
Antoine de Caunes was the primary presenter. Derived from his French show Rapido. Maria McErlane's voiceover was pretty important to it too.
I'd never include it in a "**** things" list though, which is what this thread is meant to be!
In winter there used to nearly be a fight to get the top seat beside the driver because it was the warmest spot on the bus.
He used to go mad because everyone threw their school bags around where the gear stick was.
Indeed, was many a horny teenage boys relief of a Friday evening!
That and Bravo or Granada Tits'n'Tyres (men&motors) after midnight I suspect.
Pint Baby…lest we ever forget. 1997
I remember Derek Davis in the cuisine show just after it where Davis would be travelling around the country visiting restaurants. He was a customer from Hell, constantly moaning about the food and berating the waiters and the chefs.
Yes myself and two of my friends used to sit in the seat to the left of the door facing the driver , and on the engine. We always managed to get our spot 😄.
That still goes on. Our travelling friends forgot it's the 21st century.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4818202/young-boy-cheered-on-by-group-of-men-as-he-downs-guinness-in-irish-pub-in-shock-video/
My Dad butchering cattle and sheep on the farm. Not very often, just a few times a year. He would do our own and also butcher for neighbours and earn some money. I very much doubt butchering animals in farmyards and not in factories still goes on as you may get reported. Maybe it happens still but I doubt it.
The local garda and his family lived in the house attached to the station in the village. And every village that had such a house was always know as "the barracks". I suppose it actually was a barracks if you go to RIC days before 1920
Nightclubs had to serve food as part of their licence. You could have revolting chicken curry or the staff may bring around baskets of nuggets and chips. The owners were not doing for generosity, they had to do it
There was a craze for a product called "soap on a rope". Every teacher must have received lots of them as it became the product of choice for gifts for primary school teachers. I add to the thread as teachers must have been sick of all the soap gifts.
I do believe boards.ie used to shut down for 30 minutes or 60 minutes every night. Anyone remember this?
On the last point, eBay used to shut for a few hours a week. Friday mornings our time.
Google used to update results every few weeks, but there was a period of a few months between the end of that era and tjr start of faster updates where they had none at all
